Super Time Force already had a lot going for it. Crazy, run-and-gun side-scrolling action. A cleverly implemented time-manipulation mechanic. And one of the greatest promo trailers ever made. But the appeal doesn’t stop there. You can literally control a piece of crap in Super Time Force. And then fart. And then shoot that fart to make it explode. Game of the Year contender, right there.

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Scatological humor aside, you can see some of what makes Super Time Force so great in the video above. The head-spinning rewind mechanic of Capybara’s retro-styled shooter felt like one of the coolest gimmicks I’ve touched in a game all year. If you insert yourself back to the moment a character died and prevent their death, then they become an AI-controlled partner in the action that follows. It’s like a little quantum spacetime experiment in a bottle. And, don’t worry, nobody’s going to force you to play with Squirt.